Vehicle wheel-rim.



J. A. ANGLADA. VEHICLE WHEEL RIM. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, 1910.

Patented May 5, 1914.

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. which UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH A. ANGLADA, OF NEW YORK, N.Y., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO UNIVERSAL RIM COMPANY, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS- VEHICLE WHEEL-RIM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1914.

Application filed June 1, 1910. Serial No. 564,355.

' My invention relates to vehicle wheel rims for use with pneumatic orother resilient tires and is primarily adapted for service withpneumatic tires of the clencher or Dunlop type commonly used onautomoblles. My rim is of the general class known as demountable, and ofthe type in which the metal rim carrying the tire is transversely split,means being provided for separably attaching the rim to the wheel felly.Novel means are rovided for uniting the ends of the rim w en in service,whereby dust is excluded from the tire and the uniting means itselfutilized for preventing the creeping of the tire on the telly.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification,Figure l is an elevation of a part of a vehicle wheel with my device inplace, parts being broken away to show in section the construction ofthe means for locking the ends of the rim together; Fig. 2 is a view ofthe inner periphery of the split rim with the tire removed, lookingoutwardly; Fig. 3 is a plan of the dust-plate for preventing theentrance of dust or moisture into the tire at the point where the rim issplit; Fig. 4 is a section on line IV-IV of Fig. 1,; Fig. 5 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 2, illustrating a modification-in which the rim is splitat one side of the hole through which the, valve stem of the tirepasses;Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings indetail, the numeral 1 designates the vehiclewheel havin a felly Q'carrying rim fastening means 3 for clamping thesplit rim 4 rigidly to the telly. The split rim 4 carries the tire 5 inis the tube 6, the valve stem 7, which passes through an opening 8 inthe felly bemg provided for admitting air to the tube 6.

Foruniting theends of the split rim 4. 1 provide the brid e member orplate 9, which has upstanding auges or projections 10 entering theholesor sockets 11 formed in the split rim, and transversely elongatedas shown by full and dotted lines in Figs, 2

and fi. ,B'etween the split rim and the bridge .screwed from the memberis placed thedust-plate 12, which has openings 13 through whlch pass theupstanding flanges 10 of the bridge member, and the opening 14, throughwhich'the valve stem may pass. The rim 4 is split transversely along theline 15 and is preferably split obliquely, as shown. This spl-it'may beso disposed as to pass through the valve stem hole 16 in the rim, asillustrated in Fig.

2, or may pass to one side of the valve stem hole, as shown in Fig. 5. Iprefer the latter form for the reason that should the rim creeptransversely orits ends otherwise get out of alinement in service therewill be no danger of shearing off the valve stem, as would otherwise bethe case. The bridge member 9 is' designed to engage the two drivinplates 17 and 18 rigidly attached to the fel y, and thus performs thedual func! tion of uniting the ends of the split rim as well as takingthe driving strain and preventing the creeping of the rim on the felly.

Engaging the externally threaded portion" of the valve stem 7 is thewasher 19 having {the insert 20 of leather, rubber or otherlsubstantially waterproof and compressible material. When this washer isscrewed home against the bridge member it retains the latter inposition, and through the cotiperation of the washer, the bridge memberand the 86 dust-plate, the entrance of dirt or moisture into the tire atthe point where the rim is split is effectually prevented.

Any suitable means may be used for securing the rim upon the telly, themeans shown comprising a series of locking wedges 30 secured to thefelly by bolts 31. The forcing in of the wedges exerts an expansiveforce upon the rim which preventsv the same from collapsing while inoperation, the bridge member!) with its integral flanges or projectionsefi'ectually locking the ends of the split rim together and preventingthem from spreading. p

I In the operation of my device the splitv rim' carrying the tire isfirst removed from thefelly by the removal of the rim fastening means.The washer 2Q. is the r un the valve stem, afterwhich bridge member 9may be removed. 'The split rim may then be contracted in diameter, thebeads of the tire slipped from under the retaining flanges of the rim,tire and tubereadily removed from the rim. As the split "ii iin iscontracted when having the tire applied to or removed from it, it may beused with tires with inextensible as Well as with extensible beads.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated two specificmodifications of-my invention, but it will be apparent that my inventionis susceptible of wider application, and I do not wish to be limited tothe forms shown and described in detail.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a vehicle wheel, in combination, a transversely split tirecarrying rim having sockets on eit er side of the split in said rim, andmeans detachable from said rim for'uniting the ends of said rim,comprising a segmental bridge member having'projections adapted to entersaid sockets.

2. In a vehicle wheel, in combination, a transversely splittire-carrying rim having sockets on either side of the split in saidrim, means for uniting the'ends of said rim comprising a bridge memberhaving projections adapted to enter said sockets, and means forexcluding foreign substances from said rim at the point where it issplit, including a plate havin apertures therethrough for the reception0 said projections, said plate being adapted to be clamped to the rim bythe bridge member.

3. In combination, in a vehicle wheel, a transversely split tirecarrying rim, means for uniting the ends of said rim, a tire carried bysaid rim, and a plate clamped to said rim by said uniting means forexcluding foreign substances from said tire at the point where the rimis split.

4. In combination in a vehicle wheel, a transversely split tire-carryingrim, means for uniting the ends of said rim, a tire carried by said rim,and a plate detachably inv terposed between said uniting means and rimfor excluding foreign substances from said tire at the point where therim is split.

5. In combination, in a vehicle wheel, a felly, a transversely splittire carrying rim, means for detachably securing said rim to said wheel,a tire carried by said rim having a valve stem extending through saidrim, means for uniting the ends of said rim, and means for excludingforeign substances from said tire at the point where the rim is split,said means including a washer surrounding said valve btem bearingagainst said uniting means, and a plate clamped against said mm by saidumtmg means. 1

6. A transversely split tire carrying de mountable rim having holes inits ends adjacent to its split,in combination with asplitbridging, rimend locking, driving mem-- ber, detachable from the rim to permitseparation of its ends, and comprising a plate on the inner periphery ofthe rim and having outstanding projections fitting respective holes insaid rim ends.

7. A transversely split tire-carrying demountable rim havingvrectangular holes in its ends adjacent to its split, in combination witha split-bridging, rim-end-unitingandalining member, detachable from therim to permit separation of its ends and comprising a curved. plate onthe inner periphery of the rim and having rectangular outstandingprojections fitting respective holes in said rim ends.

8. A transversely split tire-carrying demountable rim havingtransversely elongated holes in its ends adjacent to its split,

in combination with a split-bridging, rimend uniting and alining,driving member, detachable from the rim to permit separation of its endsand comprising a curved plate on the inner periphery of the rim andhaving outstanding projections fitting said holes in respective rim endsand correspondingly elongated.

9. A transversely split tire-carrying clemountable rim having holes inits ends adjacent toits split, in combination with a split-bridging,rim-end-uniting-and-alining, curved plate detachably held on the innerperiphery of the rim and having outstanding projections fittingrespective holes in said rim ends and said plate and one said rim-endcontaining a valve stem hole.

10. A vehicle wheel having spaced driving plates and rim-clamping meanson its telly, in combination with a transversely split tire-carryingdemountable rim having holes in its ends adjacent its split, and asplitbridging, rim-end-uniting member detachable from the rim to permitseparation of its ends and comprising a curved plate fitting betweensaid spaced driving plates and having outstanding projections fittingrespective holes in said rim ends.

JOSEPH A. ANGLADA. Witnesses:

GERALD E. TERWILLIGER, OLIVER WILLIAMS.

DISCLAIMER- 1,095,772.Joseph A. Anglada, New York, N. Y. VEHICLEWHEEL-RIM. Patent dated May 5, 1914. Diselaimer filed May16, 1914, bythe assignee, Z/ni vgrsal Rim Uompany.

Enters this disclaimer in said speeifieetion, which is in the followingwords,

to wit:

1. In a vehicle wheel, in combination, a transversely split tirecarrying rim having sockets on either side of the split in said rim, andmeans detachable from said rim for uniting the ends of said rim,comprising a segmental bridge member having projections adapted to entersaid sockets.

[Oficial Gazette, m 26, 1914.

